Corn pad package



Jan. 14, 1936. w. M. SCHOLL 2,027,555

CORN PAD PACKAGE Filed April 17, 1935 DIRECTIONS "X 7/6 fif aiiz W AVG/l0 ZZ Patented Jan. 14, 1936 PATENT OFFICE CORN PAD PACKAGE William M. Scholl, Chicago, 111., assignor to The Scholl Mfg. Co. Inc., Chicago, 111., a corporation of New York Application April 17, 1933, Serial No. 666,464

5 Claims.

My invention relates to a corn pad package and method of making same and is concerned more particularly with the formation of a unit package comprising adhesive pads for protecting or treating sensitive places on the human foot, such as corns, bunions, callouses, or chafed areas, and medicated disks or plasters which are intended to be used only for loosening and removing corns or callouses, these separate devices being mounted on a single carrier strip and so arranged that the medication on the disk cannot afiect the adhesive qualities of the pad.

Pads which are customarily used merely to protect sore or tender spots on the toes or feet are generally composed of superimposed layers adhesively united together and with the under surface of the lower layer having a coating of adhesive material to facilitate the fixation of the pads on the skin. These pads may have any desired marginal outline, but they are ordinarily so cut that the uppermost ply is imperforate, while the lowermost ply is cut away to provide a shielding recess for receiving the sensitive portion of the skin.

As a matter of commercial practice, it is frequently desirable to market, in conjunction with the foregoing pads, medicated disks or plasters which are used solely for the loosening and removing of corns or calloused places on the foot. Frequently, the nature of the medication on such disks is such that, if the latter are packed in the same container with the pads, the medication quickly destroys the adhesive qualities of the pads and so renders the latter useless for their primary purpose.

It is therefore one of the principal objects of my invention to devise a unit package for carrying the pads and disks and in which special provision is made for preventing the medi cation of the disks from contacting the pads and for generally shielding'the latter against the loss of its adhesive property.

It is a further object of my invention to devise a package in which the pads and disks are assembled on a single carrier strip and wherein the manner of folding this strip secures the desired separation between the disks and pads and therefore the protection of the latter.

A further object is to devise a method of assembling in a single package the two types oi. foot-treating agencies noted above and to accomplish this result in a simple and expeditious manner.

These and further objects of my invention will be set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and the novel means by which said objects are efiectuated will be definitely pointed out in the claims. 5

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved package before folding, the pads and disks being shown on the carrier strip which is shown in extended position.

Fig. 2 is an edgewise view of the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow 2 in said figure.

Fig. 3 is an edgewise view, similar to Fig. 2. showing the first step in the folding of the car rier strip to make the complete unit package.

Figs. 4 and 5 are end views showing different arrangements of the completed package.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral I0 designates a, strip of suitable fabric which is utilized as a carrier or support for the pads H and the medicated disks l2. Crinoline is customarily employed for this purpose and it is out with a generally rectangular formation, the pads 11 being preferably affixed thereto in successive spaced groups of three pads each beginning at one end of the strip, thus making a total of twelve pads per strip, while on the remaining surface of the crinoline adjacent the opposite end thereof are assembled the disks 12, also preferably arranged in some orderly formation. The precise number of pads and disks on the carrier is unimportant, but the subsequent folding of the carrier is facilitated by maintaining the pads and disks in separate 5 groups, generally speaking.

Besides-having a suitable adhesive coating, the pads 11 are also usually supplied with a soothing medication, such as zinc oxide, and are also provided with the customary shielding recess (not shown), while the disks 12 are likewise provided with an adhesive coating in addition to a corn or callous loosening medication, such as salicylic acid and possibly an appropriate anodyne, such as cannabis indica. It has been found that the salicylic acid exerts an extremely deteriorating effect on the adhesive surfaces of the pads ii if closely adjacent thereto, so that some arrangement must be provided to prevent this action. It will be readily understood that if the strip it}, together with its pads and disks, were simply folded, the extremely porous nature of the crinoline would readily permit the acid to directly attack the adhesive coating.

In order to prevent this action, I atli'x to the underside of the strip l0 one end of strip l3 which may be composed of Glassine, Cellophane" or other suitable impervious material capable of resisting the medication on the disks, the strip l3 being secured to the strip It by pasting and the pasted end preferably covering a sumcient area to include and completely cover that portion of the crinoline which faces the medicated sides of the disks I2. These disks may be made of a suitable cloth, such as sateen, which is preferably coated with some suitable acid-proof solution to enable it to withstand the attacks of the acid. The free end of the strip l3 extends beyond the adjacent end of the crinoline strip l0 and one side thereof may be conveniently employed for printed directions for the user.

The first step in forming my improved package consists in folding the free end of the strip I3 until it overlies the disks l2, and also in folding the crinoline strip substantially along the line I l-l4 in Fig. 1, the assembly then presenting the edgewise appearance shown in Fig. 3. The carrier strip is again folded along the line 15-15 in Fig. 3, so that the pads II and the accompanying portions of the strip ID are then arranged in superimposed layers. The disk end of the strip I 0, together with its folded strip I3 is then folded over to overlie the superimposed pads ll, thus forming the complete package, as clearly shown in edgewise view in Fig. 4. An alternative method of folding is shown in Fig. 5 wherein the disk end of the strip Ill is inserted between the folds of that portion of the strip which carries the pads H. After being so folded, the completed package may be placed in an envelope, or otherwise suitably held in folded position by encircling bands.

From the foregoing description, it will be readily understood that the medicated disks l2 are completely shielded from the pads II by the enclosing strip l3, so that these .packages may be stored for an indefinite time, or retained indefinitely by the user until all pads and disks have been consumed, without the adhesive quality of the pads being destroyed.- The package as formed is extremely convenient to use and, by reason of the single carrier strip employed, the package may be assembled quickly and at low cost.

I claim:

1. A unit package comprising a folded carrier strip having a. plurality of adjacent layers, corn pads adhesively fixed to said layers except one, medicated plasters aflixed to the excepted layer, the medication on said plasters being capable of deteriorating the adhesive coating of the pads, and an impervious protective strip covering said plasters and the opposite side of the carrier strip to include the area covered by the plasters.

2. A unit package comprising a porous, carrier strip, pads and medicated plasters adhesively mounted on said strip, said plasters having a medicated material capable of deteriorating the adhesive coating of the pads if closely adjacent thereto, an impervious protective strip secured to the side of said carrier strip opposite to the group of plasters and covering an area which is inclusive of the area enclosing said group, said protective strip having a free portion which extends beyond the end of said carrier strip for folding to directly overlie said group of plasters, and saidcarrier strip being folded to form superimposed layers of pads and plasters.

3. A unit package comprising a porous, carrier strip, pads and medicated plasters adhesively mounted on said strip, said plasters having a medicated material capable of deteriorating the adhesive coating of the pads if closely adjacent thereto, an impervious protective strip secured to the side of said carrier strip opposite to the group of plasters and covering an area which is inclusive of the area enclosing said group, said protective strip having a free portion which extends beyond the end of said carrier strip for folding to directly overlie said group of plasters, and said carrier strip being folded to form superimposed layers of pads, the portion of said carrier strip including the protective strip being inserted between a pair of adjacent layers of the superimposed pads.

4. A unit package comprising a porous, carrier strip, pads and medicated plasters adhesively mounted on said strip in groups, said plasters having a medicated material capable of deteriorating the adhesive coating of the pads if closely adjacent thereto, an impervious, protective strip secured to the side of said carrier stripopposite to the group of plasters and 40 covering an area which is inclusive of the area enclosing said protective group, said strip having a free portion which extends beyond an edge of said carrier strip for foldingto directly overlie said group of plasters, and said carrier and medicated plasters adhesively mounted on the portions, respectively, said plasters having a medicated material capable of deteriorating the adhesive coating of the pads if closely adjacent thereto, an impervious, protective strip overlying the exposed surfacesof the plasters,

and said carrier strip being folded to' form layers of pads and plasters with the protective strip disposed between the plasters and adjacent pads.

WILLIAM M. scHoLL. '00 

